Crystal Gardenia

Beautiful white floral!! I'm entirely impartial when it comes to Kim Kardashian. I am neither a die hard fan, nor do I have any type of negative feelings toward her. I just HAPPENED to get lucky with this one. Did a search for it on Ebay and someone had it listed for cheap as a full, 1 oz bottle, with lid, but without the box, for like $20. Turns out...the person was mistaken and it was the big 2.5 oz bottle!! I was stoked! Lol. Anyway... I do however love most of her previous line of fragrances including her debut self-titled perfume in the dark purple bottle, as well as Glam, Gold, Pure Honey, and True Reflection. So this was a safe blind buy with all the comparisons to her debut perfume and Michael Kors as I love them both dearly. Verdict shows...that YES! It's 95% similar to both of those ones! The main difference between this one and those are...while those two are SLIGHTLY more "creamy" this one is just a TAD BIT more sharp. But to be honest the difference is almost un-noticeable. All 3 are beautiful with Kim's debut perfume being the cheapest of them all by a long shot. So as I said in my review for Michael Kors...if I'm being entirely honest...unless you have an ego when it comes to fragrances and would be ashamed or embarrassed to say when asked...that you're wearing a Kim Kardashian perfume...this or her debut perfume would fit the bill just fine as they are basically identical and much cheaper. If you're somewhat of a snob and it means that much to you, to say "I'm wearing Michael Kors perfume"...then spend $60-$100 on a bottle of that. But again...all 3 are gorgeous and all 3 are 95% similar as I own all 3 and it would be difficult for me to pass a blindfold test sniffing all 3 of them. Scent Itself - 9.5/10 Longevity - 4-5 hours depending on amount of sprays. Sillage - Monster 5-6 feet projection for 1st hour. Then moderate 3 feet projection for another 4 hours or so. Overall Score - 9/10. I wouldn't complain if it had a TAD BIT more lasting power. But overall I'm beyond pleased. This is beautiful. Also I should mention...I wore this to work today, and two people told me how much they love it. My co worker Terri said "That is so CLEAN smelling!!" Two thumbs up to Kim and Nicole Mancini! This is gorgeous.

I feel like you either love this scent or you hate it. I did a lot of research before purchasing on here and YouTube and other people and sadly not many people had a lot of nice things to say about this perfume. I decided to buy it anyway and I’m very happy that I did. I guess I am into the whole white floral thing even though I’m usually more into Sweet gourmands? Yes the white florals are very strong and I could see how it might be slightly intense to some people but I still find myself really enjoying this fragrance. I wore it to work and got numerous compliments by my coworkers and by my clients and when I came home from work my boyfriend could smell me from 10 feet away outside of my car and even asked me what are you wearing? (He never asks or cares about scents lol). I think the Kardasians get a lot of hate in general But for me I love the fragrance, I love longevity, and I love the beautiful bottle it comes in so unique And beautiful on my vanity. 8.5/10 :)

I don't care about celebrities or their products and I don't like spending a lot of money on things, bug I had gotten this for free a few years ago before I was into perfumes. I wore it every day and got lots of compliments and fell in love with the smell. When the bottle ran out, I realized that she had discontinued it years ago and I was so heart broken to learn I couldn't get it for the original price. I have a hard time describing the smell, it is definitely powdery, animalic, and sweet. I am every sensitive to perfumes and get headaches easily especially from floral notes, so I usually tend to pick up the more gourmand cozy, vanilla amber perfumes. I smell way more tuberose than gardenia and it is a dewy, youthful but nature smell. It lasted all day for me and I got so many compliments. I am praying she adds it back to her line and I will immediately buy multiple bottles as soon as she does.

I got this for Christmas and I am anxious to try the other two. I agree with others it does favor and almost resemble Kim’s first signature fragrance, which is one of my signature to wear scents and I love. But. It’s very starchy and heavy on tuberose. This is a cleaner almost pungent gardenia. Goes on strong and smooth throughout the dry down. It’s winter here where I live 20degree weather and it wears wonderfully on me I’m working on 8 hours of wearing the scent and smell it heavily still on my clothes but what I find best about the scent is the enjoyable longevity. The scent hasn’t choked me or given me a headache, and as much as I love her signature scent I have found prolonged use and wear can cause a stuffy feeling or headache. This bites that and eases the scent. Love the packaging and the healing crystals as well. So Luxurious

After my first spritz, I was overjoyed because after watching many youtube reviews, a lot of ppl didn't like it, that was not the case for me. I am not a fan of Kim or any of them btw. But this is definitely my FAVORITE! I now have 4 full-sized bottles & I always stock up during a sale because I'm afraid it'll discontinue one day. It's a fresh, aquatic, floral, gardenia scent, but not soapy at all. Hard to describe because it's so unique, doesn't smell like anything out there. Definitely not a typical fruity, overly sweet, generic celeb scent. More like an expensive, designer fragrance. Every single time I wear this, I get compliments. I've worn it during the spring, summer, fall, winter & it always works. Longevity is pretty nice, several hours, sillage is perfect, not weak or too overbearing.

This is such a lovely and innocent fragrance. It reminds me a bit of Mugler Alien. Perhaps it’s the white flowers and Solar Amber accords. Although it has a very pure and clean aura, it can come across as a bit “cold”, as there are no warm notes. But it’s one of my new favorites. I love the entire Crystal line and I switch them up depending on my mood. I love the crystals that came with the perfume. I don’t understand the negative flak she gets. There are worse things people can be doing other than making tv shows and lovely perfumes. If you loved her first signature fragrance, you’ll love this one.

Sophisticated bubble gum. Lol NOT hubba bubba, but like a less sugar, non mint, pink stick gum. Rotfl. I'm sorry. That's the absolute best way I can describe this fragrance. &&& I love her!!! I've had her for about 6 yrs & she continues to get better/sweeter, to me, over time 🫶🏾 simply gorgeous & I'm standing on it! 😊 btw, I'm not a Floral girlie either. I pretty much love everything else except for floral &&& I dang sure can't do white floral. They're just too headie for me & polarizing. But this?.....Crystal Gardenia is absolutely stunning. She's the only white floral I can tolerate fr

I love this perfume. It's easy to see why it's one of the most popular kkw fragrances. I love gardenia and this doesn't disappoint. At first I couldn't quite place the top note because it's not common to have pear in a fragrance but it works really well. A little goes a long way with this. One spray at night and it's still just as strong in the morning. For a cheaper perfume, this feels oddly indulgent.

I didn’t think I would like this because I usually go for gourmands, but this is so beautiful!! I sprayed this on my wrist at ulta and left & kept getting wiffs of it and instantly thought is that me who smells good?? Not headache inducing, and idk why people are saying it smells like a grandma. I’m picky and hate anything too mature. This is so pretty and in no way smells too mature.

This is a lovely, classy, simple daytime perfume that makes me feel glamorous. The style of the bottle is GREAT for putting in purses and small tote bags, and the cap always stays on, thank goodness. I also read somewhere that it's one of the only scents Kim K even reaches for, and I love it when celebrities wear what they sell. (*side-eyes Kylie Jenner*)

I have tons of different high to low end fragrances. While this isn't my personal favorite scent (though I do like it a lot) this is absolutely the scent I get the most compliments on. Without fail, every time I wear it somebody will stop me and ask what it is and tell me they love it. They are always shocked when I tell them its Kim Kardashian perfume!

this is a surprisingly high quality fragrance, considering the sister -gardenia citrus - smelled like hair products to me. this is more along the lines of Michael Kors signature, albeit the pear in here is much, much stronger. this is like the EDP version of Michael Kors. given all of that, consider also that this is made in the USA and is cruelty free.

Light, refreshing aquatic white flowers. I love gardenia scents, but so many of them are warm and a bit grubby (Gorgeous Gardenia) or they’re so light and linear they barely smell of flowers anymore (Bright Crystal!). This one is different, gardenias after a fresh rain, light and cool while also floral and sweet. Perfectly balanced.

Love this! Obvious similarities to Michael Kors but I think this is a little fresher and Michael Kors is a little spicier. KKW easier to wear imo. It’s better with my body chemistry at least. I love the packaging and crystal theme too!

Lovely bottle and packaging.Smells gorgeous, very close to her 1st fragrance & Michael Kors Very Hollywood in comparison, tuberose is quite dominant. A long lasting, well projected floral scent.

I really am not a floral person but I do like this. I'm 22 and I enjoy it but I do feel like it'd be pretty popular with the mature crowd too.

Very pretty soapy floral for warm weather. Pleasant, office friendly. Sweet. Worth having a bottle

Love the smell of gardenias! Now me, my mom and my eldest sister Felicity wear it!

I was hesitant to buy any of the KKW fragrances without being able to sample them as factoring in international shipping makes them pretty steep for blind buys, but this scent has such good reviews and sounded very close to something I was looking for (a light office-friendly white floral, now that my Pure Poison is used up and I didn't love it enough to just replace with another bottle), so seeing that the 30ml had restocked along with the Cyber Monday discount I decided to take a gamble and I'm delighted I did, because it's exactly what I wanted - something that's light and wearable but still distinctive and interesting in its own right. There's a very fresh juicy pear note (still not fully gourmand) that puts the white flowers into context - there's very little of the divisive 'dirty' undertone to the florals, just a clean sort of 'flowers on a summer breeze' scent. The grapefruit is just detectable as a sort of zesty fizziness, but it's not a prominent citrus note, which I'm glad about - there's plenty of citrussy white florals out there to choose from already, presumably including this one's sister frag. It's more like the note you'd get from a sliver of grapefruit peel in a gin and tonic, where it isn't the main aroma but it helps harmonise everything else. Overall it's very sweet and has a noticeable presence without being cloying or overwhelming, and extremely fresh without any soapiness; it just feels very natural and clean. It definitely fits the 'crystal' branding, clear and white and clean fresh air are all very strong associations. I could definitely see this being equally suited to all ages - especially since the packaging's more restrained than her other fragrances, you could definitely give this to a grandmother with no idea what 'KKW' stands for and have it be as welcome a gift as it would to a Kardashian-obsessed teen. (On the note of packaging, incidentally - it's boxed and presented beautifully but I was a little taken aback by how huge the bottle is for a 30ml, especially since I'd envisaged just slipping it into my bag to take to work. It's almost as tall as the 100ml Body bottle, so I'd imagine the full-size is hefty enough to use as an offensive weapon if you had to.)

So I've had this for about two weeks now. I was curious enough about it to purchase, since I have no gardenia scent in my collection and I've heard Kim K does a pretty decent gardenia frag. Plus, it's a really neat bottle and I'm a sucker for cute packaging. A previous reviewer stated this reminded her of Very Hollywood, which was a frag I owned years ago in my early 20s and loved, although its longevity was pretty poor. I was hoping Crystal Gardenia would be a more mature, longer-lasting version of Very Hollywood - more appropriate now that I'm in my early 30s. So, at first spray... it was not really what I was expecting. Definitely reminds me of the Michael Kors signature instead of VH. Several reviewers say it smells like Kim's original signature fragrance, which I've never smelled, but the reviews of that one say it smells like MK, so I suppose that makes sense. Anyways, the initial blast of Crystal Gardenia is STRONG. Very sweet, fruity gardenia. I wasn't sure I liked it at first - it's so different from anything in my current collection of 'fumes - but I kept giving it a chance and now I'm really digging it. I think it's the beautiful musky drydown that really sealed the deal for me. It's simple yet classy. Worth having in my rotation for such a decent price. The longevity is incredible, lasts all day, and the sillage is strong so spray sparingly unless you want to overwhelm those around you. There's still lots of snow on the ground where I live, so Miss Dior EDP is currently getting all my love, but I imagine I'll turn to Crystal Gardenia when the weather warms up. It's definitely more of a "summer" fragrance, in my opinion. If you love gardenia, give this gorgeous, clean, and fresh iteration a try.